Calif. coach charged with child molestation

MARTINEZ, Calif. 
Authorities are searching for a longtime Northern California high school baseball coach who has been charged with molesting one teen boy and secretly filming another in a bathroom.

A $300,000 arrest warrant has been issued for 52-year-old Joel Kaufman of Orinda, who was charged Wednesday with multiple misdemeanors and felonies, including lewd and lascivious acts on a child younger than 14.

Authorities have not released how Kaufman knew the alleged victims. They say the crimes occurred between 2005 and last year.

Kaufman is the coach of a travelling high school-aged baseball club based in San Jose, but has previously coached Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, where he led the team to five league titles.

The Contra Costa Times (
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) reports that Kaufman's attorney did not return a call seeking comment.